Hit-and-run death parents make plea

The parents of an 11-year-old boy killed in a hit-and-run collision are set to make a public appeal for the suspected driver to come forward.

Sam Riddall died after a car mounted the pavement and ploughed into him as he walked home from a church youth service in Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, on Friday.

Police took the unusual step of releasing the name and image of the suspected driver, who was witnessed fleeing the scene - 27-year-old Hannah Saaf, from Kingswood, Bristol.

Sam's parents Martin and Rachel Riddall, who have three other sons aged five, nine and 14, are due to attend a press conference in Bristol where they are expected to plead for Ms Saaf to turn herself in.

Police have twice appealed for information to trace the mother-of-two - the registered owner of the car - and on Wednesday confirmed there had been reported sightings of her in the Bristol area.

Revealing Ms Saaf's identity on Tuesday, Inspector Rob Pearson said her friends and relatives have not been able to provide police with information on her whereabouts.

It is not known whether Ms Saaf - mother of twins - and her husband Nicholas Saaf are still together.

Mr Pearson said airports, ports and British Transport Police were on alert.

Sam was with the father of one of his friends, and three other children when the collision involving a white Ford Focus estate car happened in Eastfield Road. It careered off the road, mounted the pavement and hit the group.

Witnesses then saw the female driver exit the car and flee from the scene on foot towards Cote Lea Park. At the time she was described as white, with long blonde hair and her age was estimated as being in her mid-30s. The three other children, all thought to be aged 11, were uninjured. The man suffered minor injuries.